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MDA provider makes key hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... as a project manager. Prior to MGP, Turner spent 17 years at Macquarie in various roles, including as a portfolio administrator, business analyst and relationship manager. Turner is working closely with MGP's head of distribution Tony Nejasmic to roll ...

Kina expands IRESS relationship

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... firm is expanding the implementation of an IRESS fund administration platform. Kina Securities, a $4.3 billion fund administrator, will use IRESS' Acurity Online platform to allow its 700,000 PNG members access to fund information via the Acurity Online ...

Mainstream adds former Commonwealth Bank GM to board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
A former Commonwealth Bank general manager has joined the board of a $133 billion fund administrator. Mainstream Group Holdings appointed JoAnna Fisher to its board as an independent non-executive director, adding Fisher's 20 years of senior management ...

MLC launches digital underwriting platform

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
MLC life insurance has launched a new digital underwriting platform and is promising to provide "instant quotes" for life insurance cover in as little as five minutes. The digital tool will query a comprehensive database of industry standard questions ...

Link Fund Solutions chief to depart

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
The chief executive of Link Fund Solutions has resigned to take on a new role with a $133 billion fund administrator. Andy Harrison has been appointed as the new chief executive of Mainstream Fund Services, Australia. Taking on the role in October ...

Lawyers slam life insurers in Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... Superannuation Voluntary Code of Practice is shaping up to be just as disappointing, he added, because it has no independent administrator and super fund signatories aren't required to comply with the code until 2021. Among its other "stark deficiencies," ...

Two industry funds merge

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... investments and insurance are obvious areas for potential integration, other aspects such as brand, marketing and fund administrator can continue with current arrangements under the master trust model."

PwC urges super trustees to fast-track GDPR compliance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
Superannuation trustees unprepared for the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) regime must fast-track the necessary steps to comply with new, stringent privacy laws, PwC warns. Taking effect on 25 May 2018, GDPR applies to any ...

Super Plus switches to SMSF fintech

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
Brisbane-based SMSF administrator Super Plus is migrating its clients to Mclowd, which provides its core software for free. The administrator has entered into a five-year agreement with Mclowd - a fintech with about $1 billion in super assets under ...

Government increases market manipulation penalties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... suffering a disadvantage. Further, administrators of significant benchmarks will now be required to hold a 'benchmark administrator' license and comply with enforceable rules made by ASIC. This will provide ASIC with new powers to compel submission to ...